How does ACF Insert/Select queries?

• dvd709

• March 11, 2014 at 3:04 am

Hi,

I can’t find any importers for WP that support repeater fields. Thus I have come to a conclusion that I need to figure out how ACF Selects/Inserts data into WordPress. Using that same method I’ll probably need to insert my data(from a secondary database) into the WordPress database OR I’ll need to make a connection to a secondary database(Which I can) and make ACF select that data into the fields/repeater fields as well as being able to edit it the fields.

So unless anyone can tell me a better method on solving my problem which is getting data from a secondary DB into WordPress and ACF’s fields, can anyone tell me where the queries of ACF are located at or how ACF executes queries?

Thanks in advance!

• dvd709

• March 12, 2014 at 1:58 am

Okay so I guess ACF used save_post to insert? At least I think and the Select queries are written on certain pages like api.php? But which file/s fetch the data into the custom post type?

• Elliot

• March 18, 2014 at 9:38 am

Hi @dvd709

Please check out this import plugin with ACF repeater field add-on:
http://www.wpallimport.com/advanced-custom-fields/

Thanks
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